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Most of our press releases are in German. The latest releases in English can be found below.

 

05.02.2010

The Greek crisis threatens the protection of refugees

PRO ASYL demands solidarity with Greece instead of shifting responsibility

Given its economic crisis, PRO ASYL appeals to the German Federal Government to show solidarity towards Greece. The brunt...


30.11.2009

The Stockholm Programme and the sad realities at Europe's borders

PRO ASYL: Push-backs, arbitrary detention and the deaths of refugees are trademarks of a ruthless deterrence policy

Frankfurt/Brussels- Today, on the occasion of the Justice and Home Affairs...


10.11.2009

Greece violates EU asylum law

European refugee rights organisations file complaint with the European Commission

Today, PRO ASYL, together with refugee advocacy organisations from the Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom...


16.07.2009

EU Ministers of Interior convene in Stockholm: Barrot expects more solidarity from the North

PRO ASYL calls for a suspension of returns and a speedy distribution of protection seekers

The situation of protection seekers in Greece escalates dramatically. To the EU Ministers of Interior who...


31.03.2009

Most tragic refugee-catastrophe at sea in the history of the EU

"Whoever sends hundreds of protection-seekers out on the stormy open sea without lifeboats is a criminal. But also those who try to block rescue routes to Europe at any cost, share responsibility for...


09.12.2008

Human Rights Day

Appeal to the European Parliament "Stop the death trap at the European Borders!"

On the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, PRO ASYL is presenting a petition to the...


04.09.2008

PRO-ASYL-Hand 2008

Human rights prize awarded by the PRO ASYL Foundation is presented to Marianna Tzeferakou and the Greek `Group of Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants`.

The PRO ASYL Hand, the human...


30.10.2007

Greece: Systematic Human Rights Abuses

Refoulement at sea, systematic maltreatment and inhumane detention conditions - Representatives of PRO ASYL and the Greek Group of Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants examined...


03.08.2007

Moroccan security forces shoot to kill

Two migrants dead, two severely injured as result of European pressure

According to reports from Moroccan NGOs, security forces have fired shots at people trying to leave the country by boat in the...


14.06.2007

Bundestag votes on amendment to immigration law

The German Bundestag is expected to vote today on amendments to the Immigration Act. PRO ASYL criticizes the package of legislation as an "unconstitutional and isolationist attempt to seal itself off...


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